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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
In category (ies) : Classics & Hitchcock, Disaster Movies, Featured Posts, Features, Horror Movies, Movies, ReviewsThe Last Man on Earth is a B & W classic starring Vincent Price. It is a dark and depressing movie based on Richard Matheson’s novel; I Am Legend. This film has to be the basis for dozens of zombie movies, including the classic Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. I debated even watching this…
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The Fighting 69th (1940)
( “Faugh a Ballagh” ) A battle cry of Irish origin meaning ‘clear the way’ was first used as a regimental motto of the Royal Irish Fusiliers back in and now the motto of the Royal Irish Regiment. It was adopted by the the Fusiliers back in 1798 after the exploits of Sgt Patrick Masterson…
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A Note on Hitchcock’s Strangler Trilogy.
Flanked by Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Strangers on a Train (1951), Rope (1948) serves as the centerpiece for Alfred Hitchcock’s strangler trilogy, a three part meditation on murder, reading, and the ‘ordinary.’ In his well known study of Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut remarks that Strangers on a Train “just like Shadow of a Doubt is systematically built around the figure two.” In both…
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John Welsh’s Look At Turner Classic Movies
For a movie lover, life can change for the good even in these troubled times when Turner Classic Movies re-enters. Yes, I went without TCM for years, when last week a miracle occurred. Yes, a miracle. Great films are on my television screen. What need have I of HBO or Showtime? Ha! I say Ha!…
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The African Queen (1951)
Here at Ruthless, we are famous for 80’s Action and Christmas Movie Reviews. One genre that is seriously underrepresented at Ruthless is the classics. Movies with dialogue that pops and sizzles, and with great acting and character development. The African Queen is one of my favorite classics and stars two of the greatest actors to…
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The 1939 movie year: First in a series.
A recent question on Jeopardy reminded me 1939 was a banner year for the release of the greatest number of quality films ever in a single year. Most were the product of the studio system. I will briefly discuss some of my favorites, starting with my favorite film genre, the Western. Jesse James ( “He…
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Magnificent Obsession
Douglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession is sheer, bold ridiculousness in eye-popping Technicolor…
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Das Boot
Das Boot opens with a bunch of drunken sailors pissing on a U-Boat Captain and his officers. This is no doubt a metaphorical stab at the fact that the Nazi overlords essentially sent literal boatloads of U-Boat men into the meat grinder. 40,000 sailors went out in German subs. About 7,000 came back. Even…
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